New Delhi, Oct 25: A large number of people from all walks of life called on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today to greet him on the occasion of Diwali. Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and Union ministers Sahib Singh Verma, Ravi Shanker Prasad, Satyanarain Jatiya, B C Khanduri and C P Thakur were among the early visitors. INLD leader Ajay Chautala, danseuse Sonal Mansingh and a delegation of ISKCON also greeted Vajpayee at his 7, Race Course Road residence here. Several children also greeted the Prime Minister who spent some lighter moments with them. An eight-year-old Muslim girl attracted Vajapyee's attention when she presented him a memento on which a poem was inscribed and asked her to read it out.
Another kid recited 'Gayatri Mantra' on the occasion.

Bureau Report.